Google has taken the “unexplained phenomenon” campaign one step further today, with a crop circle-themed Google Doodle.
Yes, today’s Google logo consists of the word “Google” spelled out in crop circles with a tractor completing the letter “L”.
Last week, Google revealed a strange logo where the letter “o” in the logo was being beamed up by [...]

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently did an interview with Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch.
This should really be an eye-opener, I thought.  We’ll really get some interesting insights from the TOP DOG over at the world’s number ONE internet search company.
Then I read the following quote from Schmidt and I quickly realized that the gates are [...]

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Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt has just stepped down from Apple’s Board of Directors, a role that many claimed created conflicts of interest as both Apple and Google compete with each other in several market sectors.
Specifically, Google’s Android phone is in direct competition with Apple’s iPhone.  Also, the soon-to-be-released Chrome OS will [...]

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Another day, another commencement address for Google’s top brass.
Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, spoke at the University of Pennsylvania commencement on Monday and urged college grads to step away from the computer and make connections in real life.  Schmidt told around 6,000 graduates that they need to discover what’s most important to them by living offline [...]

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On Friday night, Charlie Rose interviewed Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The interview covers everything from Google’s origins and the dawn of its advertising business to how search will reinvent humanity in the coming years.
When asked if Google is interested in acquiring Twitter, Schmdit replied: “We’re unlikely to buy anything in the short term partly because [...]

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It’s good to see that the folks over at Google are able to have a little fun at their own expense.
Case in Point: Matt Cutts just posted a reminder about how you can direct link to a specific PART of a YouTube video.
The example link he gives us in this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjDw3azfZWI#t=31m08s
Notice the “#t=31m08s” on the [...]

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From the “what is he smoking?” department:
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt gave us some insight on his opinion of Twitter on Tuesday.
It’s “a poor man’s email system,” said Schmidt at an investor conference in San Francisco.
“Speaking as a computer scientist, I view all of these as sort of poor man’s email systems.  In other words, they [...]

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